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Challenge to creationists: prove you understand...

Assertion:Evolution is a basic component of many aspects of anthropology
(including
physical anthropology, archeology, cultural anthropology,
and linguistics)
and is a cornerstone of modern science, being central to
biology,
geology, and astronomy;

The principles of evolution have been tested repeatedly and
found
to be valid according to scientific criteria. Evolution
should be
part of the pre-college curriculum; it is the best
scientific explanation
of human and nonhuman biology and the key to understanding
the origin
and development of life;

Not everybody agree with this assertion, and that's ok.

But there are many people out there who disagree AND refuse to listen or try to understand the argument. They are doing the equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears then going "La, La, La, Caaaaan't heeeear you!". And that's not ok.

So here's the challenge:

If you disagree with evolution, prove that you do at least understand how it is claimed to work (even though you don't accept the claim), by posting here a description in your own words of what you think it is that scientists claim evolution is and how they claim it works.

Edited to add:a description written in your own words. just copy and pasting the Wikipedia entry on Evolution doesn't prove you understand anything.

Yeah, yeah I know this is not in my own words but it is 2:45 am and I am not in the mood for writing my own explanation so I will use this...

Around 7 million years ago, some of these ape-like creatures moved away from the forests and began living on the grass covered plains. As they spent less time in trees and more time traveling across open ground, evolutionary pressure favored those with longer legs, and they began walking upright.

Their hands were no longer needed for walking and could be used for a variety of other tasks such as gathering food or using sticks and stones as weapons. They could now hunt larger animals and carry the meat back to share with the rest of the group. Being able to provide better care for their increasingly helpless infants allowed them to continue to evolve larger brains that were more adapted towards learning. These animals were the early ancestors of humans.

They began breaking stones apart to create sharp edges which could be used to cut wood, meat, and bone. Around one million years ago, they learned how to keep fires burning and began cooking their meals. Cooked food required less chewing and so their jaws evolved to become smaller.

The competition between different groups of early humans was fierce. Those who could make better weapons, and those who were more skilled at using them had a distinct advantage. Increased competition, better parental care, better communication, and an increasingly complex lifestyle, all of these factors drove the evolution of a larger and more adaptable brain. Groups that evolved larger brains outcompeted and replaced groups that did not.

This is a challenge to you to at least explain that you UNDERSTAND creationism even if you don't accept it - post your explanation.

I'm not a freaking idiot - I went to school and learned about evolution - I GET it...I simply don't support it. I believe in creationism and my faith will not be swayed - however, I DO believe that God is very much what you would call a "scientist" - and has created all things, so therefore, we are connected in some small ways.

By definition: evolution simply means change - to evolve. What you seem to be referring to is the evolution of people - so in terms of a population - evolution doesn't happen on an individual basis...it happens on a generational basis overtime.

For your specific topic it is the change in frequency of alleles within the gene pool over time (generations).

It does NOT mean that higher life forms have evolved from lower life forms (according to a scientist named Laurence Moran).

I DO believe that GOD is our creator and a scientist, and that changes that occur in specific populations throughout the generations are set in motion by GOD to account for the ever changing world around those populations. I do believe he created everything from the single cell organism on up to humans, and that within each of those specific populations, changes do occur (evolution) over time thanks to God. I do NOT believe that humans evolved out of lower beings.

Quoting Clairwil:

Quoting embarrassed:

I'm not a freaking idiot - I went to school and learned about evolution - I GET it

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